The footage shows the woman swearing at a police officer who then appears to hit her in the face before apparently striking her on the leg with his baton.

The woman is swearing at the copper, but he only appears to slap her with the back of his hand, whilst wearing leather gloves that wouldn’t look out of place on a biker, and then he strikes her on the leg, apparently.

If we’re going down that sort of path, then surely, the woman only looks like she is swearing at the Filth.

But then, the girl probably hasn’t got institutions the size of the Met and the IPCC to defend her honour, has she?

Update:
The officer, a sergeant, it would appear, has been suspended.
David Howarth (LbDem justice spokesman)…

“The fact that this video shows another example of an officer with his number obscured assaulting a member of the public indicates that there is a systematic problem here, not just a series of individual acts of misconduct.

“The question is on my mind whether the police are using a some kind of ‘designated hitter’ system.”

No, she doesn’t have those institutions behind her, but she’s gotten one helluva publicist (same one as the chick who hooked up – allegedly – with Mr. Beckham in Madrid). I’m highly skeptical of both sides.

I suppose I’ve made assumptions re: what she was doing there in the first place (demonstrating against the evils of The Man and Money and Gold and the Developed World). There seems to be a hypocrisy in there somewhere, which would be off-putting. My assumptions are just that – impressions made from a fleeting glimpse at a photo. She could be a doll. She could be just like me. Or she could be a hypocrite.

But more to the point of your post … yes, the language the BBC uses is interesting in it’s inconsistency. (or biased consistency?!)